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Intrinsic timescales in the visual cortex change with selective attention and reflect spatial connectivity

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Alwin GieselmannORCiD, Professor Alexander Thiele

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Abstract

© 2023. The Author(s).Intrinsic timescales characterize dynamics of endogenous fluctuations in neural activity. Variation of intrinsic timescales across the neocortex reflects functional specialization of cortical areas, but less is known about how intrinsic timescales change during cognitive tasks. We measured intrinsic timescales of local spiking activity within columns of area V4 in male monkeys performing spatial attention tasks. The ongoing spiking activity unfolded across at least two distinct timescales, fast and slow. The slow timescale increased when monkeys attended to the receptive fields location and correlated with reaction times. By evaluating predictions of several network models, we found that spatiotemporal correlations in V4 activity were best explained by the model in which multiple timescales arise from recurrent interactions shaped by spatially arranged connectivity, and attentional modulation of timescales results from an increase in the efficacy of recurrent interactions. Our results suggest that multiple timescales may arise from the spatial connectivity in the visual cortex and flexibly change with the cognitive state due to dynamic effective interactions between neurons.


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Author(s): Zeraati R, Shi Y-L, Steinmetz NA, Gieselmann MA, Thiele A, Moore T, Levina A, Engel TA

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Nature Communications

Year: 2023

Volume: 14

Issue: 1

Online publication date: 03/04/2023

Acceptance date: 24/03/2023

Date deposited: 28/04/2023

ISSN (electronic): 2041-1723

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group

URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37613-7

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37613-7

PubMed id: 37012299


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Funding

Funder referenceFunder name
39072764
EY014924
IMPRS-MMFD
FKZ: 01IS18039B
MR/P013031/1Medical Research Council (MRC)
R01 EB026949
RF1DA055666
S10OD028632-0

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